Tagged: al shabaab

The African Union force in Somalia says soldiers killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants who attacked a military base Thursday. Officials and residents say the militants set off a car bomb and then...

A military court in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, has sentenced to death a former journalist who helped al-Shabab kill five fellow reporters in Mogadishu. According to the court verdict, Hassan Hanafi assisted the Islamist militant...

Militant Islamist group al-Shabab has denied that its intelligence chief has been killed in a Kenyan air strike in southern Somalia. Mohammed Karatey and 10 other al-Shabab commanders were killed in the strike on...

In recent days, al-Shabab fighters killed individuals accused of collaborating with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in the town of Marka after the international force withdrew. Al-Shabab posted pictures of the body...

Somali militant group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the bomb blast aimed at bringing down a Somali airliner earlier this month. The group said in a statement Saturday that it carried out the attack...

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA Kenyan forces pulled out of two towns in southern Somalia on Tuesday and Islamic extremists quickly moved into one of them according to residents. The Kenyans’ withdrawal came after an attack by...

NAIROBI Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed condolences to victims of the recent attack by al-Shabab militants on a Kenyan military installation in Somalia. A number of soldiers remain unaccounted for. During a ceremony...

Police in Somalia’s capital said at least 20 people have been killed by gunmen who stormed into a popular seaside restaurant and took siege of the eatery. The militant group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility...

The Somali Islamist extremist group al-Shabab says it captured some Kenyan soldiers during last week’s attack on an African Union peacekeeping base in southwestern Somalia. Somali troops and Kenyan soldiers with the AU force,...